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VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR
Introducing others
Phrases
Juan: Mario, this is Marcia. Marcia, this is Mario. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.
Mario: Nice to meet you Marcia. Pleased to meet you. Pleased to meet you, too.
Marcia: Nice to meet you, too, Mario. Glad to meet you. Glad to meet you, too
Happy to meet you. Happy to meet you, too.
Exercise 2
Introduce each other.
Greetings
Hello Marco: Good evening, Questions Answers
Hi Norma. How do you How are you? Fine Very well
Good morning do? Exercise How do you do? Terrific So, so
Good afternoon Norma: Fine, thank Whats up? Terrible Pretty good
Good evening you. And you? Whats going on? Not bad OK
Greet each other.
Marco: Terrific, thanks.
Farewells
Goodbye see you later bye see you on Monday
Take care see you soon nice seeing you keep in touch
good night see you next week talk to you later see you on weekend
see you see you next month good to see you see you on
see you tomorrow see you next year have a nice day Im out of here
The alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mn Nn
ei bi ci di i ef yi eich ai yei kei el em en
Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Oh pi quiu ar es ti iu vi dobliu ex wai zid
M anuel
Spelling Exercise 1 Exercise 2 capital small
c-a-r-l-o-s Spell your name. Listen and write the spelled words. letter letters
Exercise 3
Which comes first?
Capital letters
Capitalize:
- the first word of a sentence. - names of cities, states, countries, lakes, rivers, oceans.
- names of people and pets. - holidays.
- titles and abbreviations (Miss, Dr.). - days of the week and months.
- particular places (American School). - T.V. programs, movies, books, poems, songs.
- the pronoun I.
Exercise 4
Rewrite the sentences below using capital letters where needed.
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Cardinal numbers
0 zero/oh 10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty
Exercise 1
Listen and circle the number you hear.
a. 13 30 c. 15 50 e. 17 70 g. 19 90
b. 14 40 d. 16 60 f. 18 80
Exercise 2 F U O N E X P F
Write the word for each number.
Then circle each of these words in the puzzle.
X I S K L B F O
01. _________________ 07. _________________
T H R E E I W U
02. _________________ 08. _________________
T W E L V E N R
03. _________________ 09. _________________
W E E E E E I Z
04. _________________ 10. _________________
O F T E N U N O
05. _________________ 11. _________________
E I G H T I E Q
06. _________________ 12. _________________
EXERCISE 3
Write the next number in each line of numbers.
EXERCISE 4
Write and say the following numbers.
01. 38 ______________________________________________________________________
03. 46 ______________________________________________________________________
04. 12 ______________________________________________________________________
07. 7 ______________________________________________________________________
09. 81 ______________________________________________________________________
11. 19 ______________________________________________________________________
Telephone numbers
01. Whats your telephone (phone) number? 02. Whats his telephone number?
My telephone number is 81467726. His telephone
number is 88804245
Exercise
Say and write these phone numbers
The age
01. How old are you? 02. How old is your sister? 03. How old is Mario?
I am forty five years old. She is fifty one years old. He is eighteen years old.
Exercise
Answer these questions.
The year
01. When were you born? 03. When was Gerald born?
I was born in nineteen sixty-nine. He was born in nineteen ninety-seven.
02. When was Maria born? 04. When were they born?
She was born in nineteen fifty-five. They were born in nineteen seventy-two.
Exercise
Say and write these years.
a) 1970 _______________________________________________________________________
b) 1956 _______________________________________________________________________
c) 1983 _______________________________________________________________________
d) 1972 _______________________________________________________________________
e) 1963 ________________________________________________________________________
The time
a.m.: from 12:00 midnight to 12:00 noon
What time is it? Its five oclock. p.m.: from 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight
MEALS Exercise 1
breakfast Answer these questions.
snack
lunch 01. What time do you have breakfast? ______________________________________
dinner
supper 02. What time do you have lunch? ______________________________________
brunch
03. What time do you have dinner? ______________________________________
01. _______________________________________________________________________________
02. _______________________________________________________________________________
03. _______________________________________________________________________________
04. _______________________________________________________________________________
Money
COINS
BILLS
five dollars ten dollars twenty dollars fifty dollars one hundred
Exercise 1
Label each picture with the words below.
bills half dollar penny fifty dollars five dollars one dollar
silver dollar nickel coins ten dollars dime quarter
twenty dollars one hundred
Exercise 2
Making change.
01. That comes to $ 16.00. Okay. Heres $ 20.00. And your change is ________________________.
02. That will be $ .85. I have $ 1.00. And your change is ___________________________________.
03. And the total is $ 45.00. Heres $ 50.00. Your change is ________________________________.
04. Your total is $ 8.00. I can give you ______________________. Fine. And your change is $ 2.00.
05. Thats $ .20. I have $ .25. Okay. And your change is ___________________________________.
06. That comes to $ 99.00. Heres ________________________________. And heres a dollar back.
Exercise 3
Listen to the conversation. Circle the correct amount.
01. $ 10.00 $ .10 03.$ 1.00 $ .01 05.$ 5.10 $ 51.00 07. $ 14.50 $ 40.60
02. $ 25.00 $ 2.50 04.$ 55.00 $ 5.50 06.$ 23.50 $ 25.30 08. $ 12.10 $ 20.10
Mathematics
Arithmetic
Addition 2 + 1 = 3 two plus one is three subtraction 8 - 3 = 5 eight minus three is five
multiplication 4 x 2 = 8 four times two is eight division 10 / 2 = 5 ten divided by two is five
How much is two plus one? (2 + 1 = 3) How much is ten minus three? (10 3 = 7)
Two plus one is three. Ten minus three is seven.
How much is five times five? (5 x 5 = 25) How much is nine divided by three? (9 / 3 = 3)
Five times five is twenty five. Nine divided by three is three.
Exercise 1
Match the words
_________ 1.plus a. multiplication
Exercise 2
Answer the math problems. Then write the questions and answers.
01. 4 + 5 = ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
02. 11 + 25 = _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
04. 16 * 2 = __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
05. 84 / 4 = __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Fractions Exercise
Match the words and fractions
________ 01.three fourths a. one quarter one third one half two thirds
one fourth half
________ 02.two thirds b.
Percents
ten percent seventy-five percent fifty
percent
ninety percent twenty-five percent
fifteen percent one hundred percent
Exercise
Answer these questions.
01. What discount does your company offer to its clients? ___________________________________
The calendar
Months of the year
January July
01. Whats this month? 03. What was last month? February August
Its November. It was October. March September
April October
02. Whats next month? 04. Whats your favorite month? May November
Its December. Its September. June December
Exercise 1
Look at the months October, November, and December in the 2015 calendar. Answer this question:
What day of the week is
Exercise 2
Write the dates using numbers.
Exercise 3
Write the dates using words.
01. 4/16/78 __________________________ 04. 7/20/95 ____________________________
03. What day was yesterday? 04. Whats your favorite day of the week?
Yesterday was Saturday. Its Thursday.
Exercise 1
Find the days of the week in the puzzle.
N Y Z Y U K Y W V D J U M P C
Q A Q A U B H J P B W A U M R
P D I D H K F T T J H F O M C
O N Y I C R T M E X N N K F I
B U A R U Z Q V Y T D Q L B K
D S E F V Y T J Y A S K S B Y
T H M I F I Q A Y P D J K G A
Z J F N B Z D M A K J T K D D
H Z A P H S Z Y D E U D P S S
C Y A D R U T A S J H H Q D E
F T H U W J R N E T U L C X N
D D H F F Y J F U Y W F E D D
O T O N S V B C T Q W X W I E
P S N X I O P Y H W P D M V W
R O N U N Q O I Y N N E B Z R
Exercise 2
Unscramble the letters and write the days correctly.
01. Syadautr ___________ 03. Mdoayn ________________ 05.Tuhdyars ___________
Personal information
Names Pedro Mario Gaitan
First name Middle name Last name (surname)
Exercise
Ask your classmates about their first, middle, and surnames. Also ask about their relatives.
Address
street block turn right to the left traffic circle crossing go back
avenue city turn left to the right roundabout go down upper street
highway country go straight side walk crossroads walk down neighborhood
corner zip code go ahead traffic light junction turn back
Wednesday
Whats your address? My address is Managua, Morazn neighborhood, Linda Vista traffic light two
blocks north.
Whats his address? His address is Masaya, San Geronimo neighborhood, from the church five
blocks east.
Whats her address? Her address is Managua, Villa Miguel Gutierrez neighborhood, La Virgen
traffic light, two blocks south, three blocks west.
Cardinal points
Exercise North East
Ask you classmates about their addresses. South West
E mails
vertical bar
Exercise1
Ask your classmates about their e-mails. Write them.
01. ______________________________________ 03. _____________________________________
01. When were you born? I was born in 1972. I was born on September 12 1972.
02. Where were you born? I was born in Managua.
03. When was your brother born? He was born in 1975. He was born on March 20 1975.
04. When was your sister born? She was born in 1983. She was born on June 17 1983.
Exercise
Ask your classmates about their date and place of birth.
NAME: _________________________________________________________________
(first) (middle) (last)
TELEPHONES: __________________________________________________________
(house) (cell) (work)
ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________
(department) (city) (neighborhood)
E-MAIL: ________________________________________________________________
surname name
01. Whats your _______________? John. 02. Whats your ____________ name? Thompson.
zip area
06. Whats your ____________ code? 59633. 07. Whats your _____________ code? 212.
Exercise 3
Match the questions with the answers.
Exercise 4
LISTEN AND WRITE THE WEBSITES AND EMAILS ADDRESSES
01. _______________________________________________________________________________
02. _______________________________________________________________________________
03. _______________________________________________________________________________
04. _______________________________________________________________________________
05. _______________________________________________________________________________
Saying and accepting thanks
Thank you!
Thanks! Thats all right! The pleasure is all mine.
Thanks a lot! Youre welcome. Youre very welcome.
Thank you very much! Dont mention it. Its my pleasure.
Thats very kind of you. Not at all. It wasnt a problem at all.
Youre so helpful. Its nothing. My pleasure.
Colors
Primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. Secondary colors: green, orange, and purple
Exercise 2
Complete with the missing words.
02. gr ____ ____ n 06. w ____ ____te 10. ____ r ____ a ____
03. y ____ ll ____ ____ 07. ____ ____ r ____ l ____ 11. o ____ an ____ ____
04. b ____ ____ w ____ 08. B ____ ____ ____ k 12. be ____ ____ ____
Exercise 3
What colors describe the following objects?
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
B: ____________________________________________________________________________
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
B: ____________________________________________________________________________
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
B: ____________________________________________________________________________
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
B: ____________________________________________________________________________
A: ____________________________________________________________________________
B: ____________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 2
Circle the correct words.
A: S-M-I-T-H
B: S-Y-L-V-E-S-T-E-R
B: Yes, I ( am / are / is ):
B: L-O-P-E-S
B: O.K.
Exercise 3
Choose a orb.
01. Thank you. 02. Is this 555-1037? 03. Im sorry. 04. Is Susan there?
a. Yes, it is. a. Thats O.K. a. Thats O.K. a. No, I dont.
b. Youre welcome. b. No, it isnt. a. Yes, I do. b. Yes, she is.
Exercise 4
Answer and write the math problems.
Exercise 5
Complete the conversation with the appropriate questions.
A: ________________________________________________________________________________
B: Tony Stavros.
A: ________________________________________________________________________________
B: S-T-A-V-R-OS.
A: ________________________________________________________________________________
B: Its 555-7469.
A: ________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 6
Match the numbers and words.
Exercise 7
Complete with the missing day of the week.
Exercise 8
Circle the word that doesnt belong.
06. thanks youre welcome thank you very much thanks a lot
07. nice to meet you glad to meet you happy to meet you good night
Exercise 9
Write the next month.
Exercise 10
Listen and write the time you hear.
Exercise 11
Circle the correct times.
01. a. Its four oclock. 02. a. Its eleven thirteen. 03. a. Its a quarter after nine.
b. Its five oclock. b. Its eleven thirty. b. Its three fifteen.
04. a. Its twelve oclock. 05. a. Its half past six. 06. a. Its two fifteen.
b. Its twelve five. b. Its twelve half. b. Its a quarter to three.
07. a. Its one thirty. 08. a. Its a quarter to seven.09. a. Its six thirty five.
b. Its one forty five. b. Its a quarter after seven. b. Its six half.
Exercise 12
Interview a classmate or coworker. Report the information to the class.
INTERVIEW SHEET
INTERVIEWER: ___________________________________________________________________
INTERVIEWED: ___________________________________________________________________
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
EXERCISE 1
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE PRONOUN + BE.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
EXERCISE 1
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
NOTE
- Never contract affirmative short answers, always contract negative short answers.
SHORT ANSWERS
INTERROGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Am I _________? Yes, I am. No, Im not.
Are you _________? Yes, you are. No, youre not.\No you arent.
Is he _________? Yes, he is. No, hes not.\No, he isnt.
Is she _________? Yes, she is. No, shes not.\No she isnt.
Is it _________? Yes, it is. No, its not.\No it isnt.
Are we _________? Yes, we are. No, were not.\No, we arent
Are you _________? Yes, you are. No, youre not.\No you arent.
Are they _________? Yes, they are. No, theyre not.\No they arent.
Examples:
01. Is Mary a nurse? 02. Are you an accountant? 03. Are Ronald and Mary married?
Yes, she is. Yes, I am. No, they arent.
04. Are you students? 05. Is the chair new? 06. Is your father at home?
Yes, we are. No, it isnt. Yes, he is.
Exercise
MAKE QUESTIONS AND GIVE SHORTANSWERS.
01. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
02. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
03. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
04. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
05. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
06. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
07. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
08. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
09. A: ____________________________________________________________________________
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
SUBJECT POSSESSIVE
PRONOUNS ADJECTIVES Examples:
I my I have a book. My book is red
You your You have a book. Your book is red.
He his She has a book. Her book is red.
She her He has a book. His book is red.
It its The dog is black. Its name is blacky.
We our We have books. Our books are red.
You your You have books. Your books are red.
They their They have books. Their books are red.
NOTE
- Possessive adjectives indicate possessions.
- Possessive adjectives are followed by nouns.
- They have the same form in singular and plural.
EXERCISE 1
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH MY, YOUR, HER, HIS, OUR, OR THEIR.
04. Bob and Tom are wearing boots. ________ boots are brown.
05. Sue and you are wearing dresses. ________ dresses are red.
06. Ann and I are wearing sweaters. ________ sweaters are green.
07. You are wearing shoes. ________ shoes are dark brown.
10. Sue and Ann are wearing socks. ________ socks are dark gray.
NOTE
- They are used only with singular nouns
- Never use them with plural nouns.
- use an with nouns that begin with a vowel sound.
- use a with nouns that begin with a consonant sound.
Exercise 1
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE AN ARTICLE (A OR AN)
01. ______ horse is _____ animal. 06. _____ dictionary is ______ book.
EXERCISE 2
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE A OR AN AND THE WORDS IN THE LIST.
EXERCISE 3
CHANGE THE SINGULAR SENTENCES TO PLURAL SENTENCES.
______________________________________________________________________.
______________________________________________________________________.
EXERCISE 4
SAY THE COMPLETE SENTENCES.
EXERCISE 1
WRITE SENTENCES USING IS, ISN`T, ARE, AND AREN`T AND THE GIVEN INFORMATION.
01. Africa/city/It/continent
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
03. Canada/country/It/city
___________________________________________________________________
04. Jakarta/country/It/city
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
06. Asia/country/It/continent
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
AFFIRMATIVENEGATIVEINTERROGATIVE
SHORT ANSWERS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Yes, I am. No, Im not.
Yes, you are. No, youre not.\No you arent.
Yes, he is. No, hes not.\No, he isnt.
Yes, she is. No, shes not.\No she isnt.
Yes, it is. No, its not.\No it isnt.
Yes, we are. No, were not.\No, we arent
Yes, you are. No, youre not.\No you arent.
Yes, we are. No, were not.\No we arent.
NOTE
- The verb to BE is its own auxiliary verb in affirmative, negative, interrogative
sentences, and short answers in simple present tense.
- Never contract affirmative short answers, always contract negative short answers.
- The simple present expresses daily habits or usual activities.
- the simple present expresses general statements of fact.
- In affirmative sentences apply the rules for the third singular person HE, SHE, IT.
- Auxiliary verb DO is used in negative, interrogative sentences, and short answers.
- In negative and interrogative sentences the verb is in its basic form.
hehehehe
she does not (doesnt) Does she ________? Yes, she does. No, she doesnt.
It ititit
EXERCISE 1
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE PRONOUN + BE.
NOTE
- ADJECTIVES often follow a form of be.
- ADJECTIVES describe people, animals, or things.
EXERCISE 3
FIND THE ADJECTIVE IN THE FIRST SENTENCE. THEN COMPLETE THE SECOND
SENTENCE WITH BE + AN ADJECTIVE THAT HAS AN OPPOSITE MEANING. USE THE
ADJECTIVES IN THE LIST. USE EACH ADJECTIVE ONLY ONE
EXERCISE 4
WRITE SENTENCES USING IS OR ARE AND AN ADJECTIVE FROM THE LIST. USE EACH
ADJECTIVE ONLY ONCE.
EXERCISE 5
COMPLETE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR OWN WORDS.
B: Yes, _______________.
B: Yes, _______________________.
A: Is _______________ expensive?
B: No, _______________________.
EXERCISE 6
WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN PARENTHESES.
06. A student (buy) _____________ a lot of books at the beginning of each term.
09. The teacher (ask) _______________ a lot of questions in class every evening.
16. Ms. Taylor never (cross) _______________ the street in the middle of a block. She
17. Many parts of the world (enjoy) _______________ four seasons: spring, summer,
autumn, and winter. Each season (last) _________________ three months and
bring changes in the weather.
EXRECISE 7
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE VERBS IN THE LIST. MAKE ALL OF THE
SENTENCES NEGATIVE. SOME VERBS MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONE TIME.
06. Jane and Alex always have lunch at home. They _____________________ at the
cafeteria.
11. Sometimes Ann ___________________ her shoes when she goes outside.
EXERCISE 8
USE THE WORDS IN ITALICS TO MAKE NEGATIVE SENTENCES.
03. know, not Mary and Jim are strangers. Mary _______________ Jim.
04. need, not Its a nice day today. You _______________ your umbrella.
13. have, not This city ______________ nice weather in the summer.
EXERCISE 9
MAKE QUESTIONS. GIVE SHORT ANSWERS.
01. A: ______________________________________________________
02. A: ______________________________________________________
03. A: ______________________________________________________
04. A: ______________________________________________________
05. A: ______________________________________________________
06. A: ______________________________________________________
07. A: ______________________________________________________
09. A: ______________________________________________________
10. A: ______________________________________________________
11. A: ______________________________________________________
12. A: ______________________________________________________
13. A: ______________________________________________________
14. A: _____________________________________________________
15. A: _____________________________________________________
16. A: _____________________________________________________
EXERCISE 10
COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS IN THE WRITTEN CONVERSATIONS. USE IS, ARE, DOES, OR
DO.
CONVERSATION ONE
CONVERSATION TWO
CONVERSTION THREE
B: Yes.
B: not really.
B: Of course. They have many dreams for him and his future.
PLURAL NOUNS
NOTE
- Nouns are words that refer to people, animals, and things.
- We have common nouns (student, car, doctor, dog, elephant, table, etc) and proper
nouns (Robert, Martha, Raquel, Julio, etc.)
- Proper nouns dont have plural form.
01. To make most nouns plural add s. 02. Add es to nouns ending in sh, ch, x, ss.
SINGULARPLURALSINGULARPLURAL
bird birds dish dishes
street streets match matches
rose roses class classes
elephant elephants box boxes
06. The plural form of some nouns is the same as the singular form.
SINGULARPLURAL
deerdeer
fishfish
sheepsheep
offspringoffspring
speciesspecies
EXERCISE 1
WRITE THE PLURAL FORMS OF THE NOUNS
SINGULARPLURALSINGULARPLURAL
dormitory tax
child possibility
leaf thief
wish goose
fish attorney
opinion butterfly
mouse category
sandwich sheep
man wolf
woman stitch
flash foot
tooth belief
half apple
NEARFAR
SINGULARPLURALSINGULARPLURAL
This is my book. These are my books. That is your book. Those are your books.
This is a pen. These are pens. That is a pencil. Those are pencils.
EXERCISE 2
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES.
01. (This, These) _______________ books belong to me. (That, Those) ____________
belongs to Kate.
02. (This, These) ____________ coat is black. (That, Those) _________ coats are tan.
03. (This, These) ____________ earrings are gold. (That, Those) _________ earrings
are silver.
04. (This, These) ____________ pencil belongs to Alex. (That, Those) _________
pencil belongs to Olga.
05. (This, These) ____________ sunglasses belong to me. (That, Those) _________
sunglasses belong to you.
06. (This, These) ____________ exercise is easy. (That, Those) _________ exercises
are hard.
07. Students are sitting at (This, These) _________ desks, but (That, Those) _________
desks are empty.
08. (This, These) ____________ book is on my desk. but (That, Those) _________
books are on your desks.
POSSESSIVE S.
NOTE
- An apostrophe () and an s are used with nouns to show possession.
- If the nouns that possess ends in s another s is not necessary, only add the .
EXERCISE 3
USE THE CORRECT POSSESSIVE FORM OF THE NOUN IN ITALICS TO COMPLETE THE
SENTENCE.
01. student One student asked several questions. I answered the ______________
questions.
02. students Many students had questions after the lecture. I answered the
____________ questions.
03. daughter We have one child, a girl. Our _________________ bedroom is right
next to ours.
04. daughters We have two children, both girls. They share a bedroom. Our
______________________ bedroom is next to ours.
13. teachers We have class in this building, but all of the ____________________
offices are in another building.
15. enemy Two soldiers, each faceless and nameless to the other, fought to the
death on the muddy river bank. At the end, the winner could not help
but admire his ____________ courage and wonder why hed had die.
16. enemies Through the years in public office, he made many political enemies.
He made a list of his __________________ names so that he could get
Revenge when he achieved political power.
AFFIRMATIVENEGATIVEINTERROGATIVE
LONG CONTRACTED LONG CONTRACTED
FORM FORMFORMFORM
there is theres there is not theres not\there isnt Is there _________?
there are X there are not there arent Are there
SHORT ANSWERS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Yes, there is. No, theres not\there isnt.
Yes, there are. No, there arent.
EXERCISE 4
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH there is, there are, there isnt, there arent, is there or
are there.
Maude: Camping? But _________________ any people our age in the mountains.
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
NOTE
- Present progressive expresses the actions happening at the moment.
- Verb TO BE is used as auxiliary verb in affirmative, negative, interrogative
sentences, and short answers
02. If the verb has one syllable and ends in one vowel + one consonant, double the
consonant and add ing.
stop stopping plan planning
hit hitting sit sitting
03. In two-syllable verbs ending in vowel + consonant, if the first syllable is stressed, do
not double the consonant.
visit visitingoffer offering
04. In two-syllable verbs ending in vowel + consonant, if the second syllable is stressed,
double the consonant.
prefer preferring admit admitting
05. Add ing to all the verb that are not in the rules above.
help helping learn learning worry worrying
rain raining heat heating study studying
EXERCISE 1
WRITE THE ING FORM TO THE FOLLOWING VERBS.
EXERCISED 2
USE THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TO MAKE TWO SENTENCES ABOUT EACH SITUATION,
ONE NEGATIVE AND ONE AFFIRMATIVE.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
02. (n) Otto, watch the news\(a) he, talk on the phone
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 3
MAKE QUESTIONS
02. __________________________________________________________________?
Yes, he is. (John is riding a bicycle.)
03. __________________________________________________________________?
No, Im not. (Im not sleeping.)
ADVERB OF FREQUENCY
NOTE
- Adverbs of frequency express how often you do something.
- Adverbs of frequency come after verb TO BE.
- Adverbs of frequency come before other verbs.
- sometimescan also come at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.
EXERCISE 3
ADD THE FREQUENCY ADVERBS TO THE SENTENCES.
__________________________________________________________
NOTE
- We can express frequency by saying how many times something happen.
once (one time) I drink tea once a day.
twice (two times) I see my cousin Sam twice a year.
three times I see my grandparents three times a week.
four times Mary drinks coffee four times a day.
etc.
EXERCISE 4
HOW OFTEN DO THE PEOPLE TAKE THE BUS? USE THE NUMBER IN PARENTHESES TO
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. THEN COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE WITH AN
ADVERB OF FREQUENCY.
01. Hamid takes the bus (7) ________________ a week. That means he ___________
takes the bus.
02. Ann takes the bus (1) ______________ a week. That means she _______________
takes the bus.
03. Yoko takes the bus (2) ______________ a week. That means she ______________
takes the bus.
04. Marco takes the bus (6) ______________ a week. That means he ______________
takes the bus.
05. Joe takes the bus (5) ________________ a week. That means he ______________
takes the bus.
07. Mrs. Cook takes the bus (3) ________________________ a week. That means she
SIMPLE PRESENT
- The simple present expresses daily habits or usual activities.
- the simple present expresses general statements of fact.
- In affirmative sentences apply the rules for the third singular person HE, SHE, IT.
- Auxiliary verb DO is used in negative, interrogative sentences, and short answers.
- In negative and interrogative sentences the verb is in the simple form.
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
- Present progressive expresses the actions happening at the moment.
- Verb TO BE is used as auxiliary verb in affirmative, negative, interrogative
sentences, and short answers.
- Gerund ing is added to the main verb.
EXRECISE 3
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH AM, IS, ARE, DO, DOES.
01. __________ you ready? The bus _________ leaving right now.
03. Oh, no. It ______ raining again. _________ it rain often in this city?
06. I ________ looking for the registration office. ________ you know where it is?
EXERCISE 4
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES.
A: Yes.
A: Yes, he (talk) ________________ to her every day during his lunch break.
B: Yes.
NONPREGRESSIVE VERBS
NOTE
- Nonprogressive verbs are verbs we dont use in progressive tense.
- When think refers to believe is Nonprogressive, when it refers to the action of
thinking it can be used in progressive tense.
- When have refers to possess is Nonprogressive, with some expressions it can be
used in progressive tense.
EXERCISE 5
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES. USE THE SIMPLE
PRESENT OR THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE.
01. Right now Yoko (read) __________________ an article in the newspaper, but she
03. I (need) ______________ to call my parents today and tell them about my new
05. Right now the children (be) ______ at the beach. They (have) ________________
a good time. They (have) ________ a beach ball, and they (play) ______________
catch with it. They (like) _________ to play catch. Their parents (sunbathe) _____
SIMPLE PAST TENSE VERB TO BE
AFFIRMATIVENEGATIVEINTERROGATIVESHORT ANSWERS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I IIII
he was he was not Was he ______? Yes, he was. No, he wasnt.
sheshe (wasnt) she sheshe
ititititit
wewewewewe
you were you were not Were you _____? Yes, you were. No, you werent.
theythey (werent) they theythey
EXERCISE 1
CHANGE THE SENTENCES TO THE PAST TIME.
EXERCISE 2
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE WASNT OR WERENT. USE A PAST TIME
EXPRESSION.
PRESENTPAST
today yesterday
this morning yesterday morning
this afternoon yesterday afternoon
tonight last night
this week last week
05. Alex and Rita are at work this afternoon, but ______________________________.
EXERCISE 3
MAKE QUESTIONS AND GIVE SHORT ANSWERS.
A: ________________________________________________________________
B: No, ________________________
A: ________________________________________________________________
B: Yes, ________________________
A: ________________________________________________________________
B: Yes, ________________________
A: ________________________________________________________________
B: No, ________________________
B: Yes, ________________________
A: ________________________________________________________________
B: No, ________________________
A: Where __________________________________________________________
B: At home
A: ________________________________________________________________
B: No, ________________________
A: Where __________________________________________________________
B: In Ireland.
A: ________________________________________________________________
B: No, ________________________
A: Where __________________________________________________________
B: In class.
A: ________________________________________________________________
B: Yes, ________________________
A: ________________________________________________________________
REGULAR VERBS
- Regular verbs form their simple past by adding ed.
01. Verbs ending in e just add -d
smile smiled hope hoped
02. If the verb has one syllable and ends in one vowel + one consonant, double the
consonant and add ed.
stop stopped plan planned
03. In two-syllable verbs ending in vowel + consonant, if the first syllable is stressed, do
not double the consonant.
visit visitedoffer offered
04. In two-syllable verbs ending in vowel + consonant, if the second syllable is stressed,
double the consonant.
prefer preferred admit admitted
EXERCISE 1
WRITE THE ED FORM TO THE FOLLOWING VERBS.
EXERCISE 2
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF THE REGULAR VERBS
IN PARENTHESES.
evenings, we (stay) ________________ outside on the porch for hours. Children (play)
in his chair and (smoke) _______________ his pipe. Sometimes he (try) ___________
us on the porch. Then dad (stop) ______________ reading the newspaper and (discuss)
___________ current events with them. They (argue) ____________ about politics or
the economy.
After my mom (wash) ____________ the dinner dishes, she usually (join) ___________
us on the porch. She and my father (talk) _______________________ about the house,
IRREGULAR VERBS
- Most irregular verbs change structure and pronunciation from present to past.
dream dreamt lose lost have had hear heard
make made begin began come came choose chose
drink drank drive drove eat ate fall fell
find found get got give gave grow grew
know knew ride rode ring rang run ran
sing sang take took throw threw win won
write wrote bring brought buy bought catch caught
do did fly flew go went keep kept
leave left pay paid say said sell sold
sleep slept teach taught tell told think thought
- Some irregular verbs have the same spelling and pronunciation in past
costcost cut cut hit hit hurt hurt
letlet put put quit quit shut shut
EXERCISE 1
WRITE THE SIMPLE PAST OF THESE IRREGULAR VERBS.
go have make
EXERCISE 2
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST FORM OF THE VERB IN PARENTHESES.
I (let) __________ my father read the letter first. The he (read) ____________ it aloud
to the whole family. I know he and my mother (be) ________ proud. I (be) _________
really excited. I (sleep) __________ badly that night. The next day I (take) _________
my parents downtown.
We (have) __________ dinner in a nice restaurant. Two days later, I (go) ___________
shopping for some new clothes with my mother. The clothes (cost) __________ a lot of
away party. It (be) _________ a great party. The next morning, my alarm clock (ring)
_____________ but I didnt hear it. We had to hurry. I (get) ___________ ready
We (get) _________ to Heathrow Airport in London twelve hours later. After going
(buy) __________ a newspaper and a map of the city at a shop near my hotel. I (know)
I (make) ____________ a lot of telephone calls the first few days, but I didnt have any
to the agency, (pay) _________ them a fee, and they (give) ___________ me a list of
in a really nice building. I (meet) ____________ some nice neighbors on my first day
in my new apartment.
I still miss home, but I think I (make) ____________ the right decision when I decided
to come here.
EXERCISE 3
WRITE THE SIMPLE PAST OF THESE VERBS.
finish see go
fall do know
EXERCISE 4
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUES. USE THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES. GIVE
SHORT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WHERE NECESSARY.
____________________ good.
04. A: (you, stay) _________________ home and (study) ______________ last night?
EXERCISE 5
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE VERBS IN PARENTHESES. USE THE SIMPLE
PRESENT, THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE, OR THE SIMPLE PAST.
05. Jim and I (eat) __________ lunch at the cafeteria two hours ago.
11. Sue is in her room right now. She (sit) ___________________ at her desk.
18. Our teacher (stand) ____________________ in the middle of the room right now.
19. Our teacher (stand) _________________ in the front of the room yesterday.
22. Pablo usually (sit) ___________ in the front row. Today he (sit) ________ absent.
EXERCISE 6
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES. USE SIMPLE
PRESENTE, SIMPLE PAST, OR PRESENT PROGRESSIVE.
01. Jasmin (come, not) ____________________ to the meeting yesterday. She (stay)
02. I (go) _________ to a movie last night, but I (enjoy, not) _____________________
03. Sue (read) ___________ a magazine right now. She (watch, not) ______________
04. Toshi is a busy student. Sometimes he (eat, not) ____________ lunch because he
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